G. Gordon Liddy gets spanked by a dominatrix in this.
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The Cotton Club Encore 2019
Just can't get my poor self together
A relatively radical recut doesn't necessarily change the film but definitely clarifies its focus. More musical numbers and less gangster stuff, more blackness and less whiteness, more spontaneity less structure. Whether it's closer to what Coppola wanted to make in the first place is unknowable; there's too much coke and legacy and ambition in the way. But like the majority of his best work it seems strikingly modern, and in this case moreso than ever.
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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 2019
Feeling more validated than ever in my opinion that her version of "Desperado" is the superior one.
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Stick 1985
Uneven, weirdly paced, often silly Elmore Leonard adaptation that's nevertheless filled with great performances, bizarre shtick, and incredible stunts. Discussed on Episode 24 of The Suspense is Killing Us.
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The Ipcress File 1965
Presented as such though it may have been, this never feels like an answer to Bond but more of a noir story, and I love that the implicit denial of authority isn't just a cheeky character trait but is completely baked in here. And Furie's shot selection is esoteric enough to make you wish he'd actually done a Bond film; so much here is in shadow or a frame in a frame, it's deliberately moddish and continuously surprising.
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A Rainy Day in New York 2019
Chalamet's doing the Woody imitation in this one, pretty annoying, the rest is a shrug with a general moral about romantic capriciousness. Who cares.